Vehicle-tire tool.



G. H. FRAZIER. VEHICLE TIRE TOOL.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 17. 1001.

Patented Dec. 20, 1910.

' FFIhCE.

' Carnal-ins a. rnazzinn, or SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.

VEHICLE-TIRE TOOL.

Specification ofLetters Patent.

' Patented Boo. 2%, 191%.;

Application filed June 17, 1807. Serial No. 379,415.i

To all'whom it may concern:

Bait. known that I. Cinnnns ll. Fmzrmu' whereby the tire may be readily removedlrom the rims or replaced thereon as required.

In the use of automobile tires which are usiuilly of the inflatable or pneumatic type, it is frequently necessary to ramove andreplace the tires upon their rims. It is also i'retluen'tly necessary to remove the inner tubes to enable the. tay bolts to be removed and replaced. It has been found quite difficult to remove the tires 0 replace them without injury owing to the form of the tool heretofore used in the operation.

It is therefore another objectto provide a tool adapted to have a sure hold on the tire regardless of what position the tool may he requiredto assume and without the possibility of injuring tho tire in its removal from or its renlacing upon the wheel.

l-Vith the above and other the present invention consists in the comhination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointedout in the appended claim, it. being understood that changes may be made in the form, siz', proportion, and minor details without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the adva rages thereof.

in the drawings:-ligure l is a sectional view of a tire illustrating the a'ppliuition of my improved tool in the act of placing a pneumatic tire upon its rim. 2 is a similar View illustrating the application of my improved tool in the act of removing a tire from its rim. Fig. 3 is a detail vio'wof the toolitself.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawings, the reference character 1 indicates a rim of a whcol carried by spokes 2 ii the usual manncr, the reference character sting a. pneumatic tire shoe partly unsealed with. respect to the rim 1 objects in View,

the in Hated inner tube not. being shown as it forms no part of the prosentinvention.

The improved implement comprises a stock or shank having at one end oppositely extending lateral projections forming a head 5, the T head portion being preferably larger than the stock and circular in cross section, as shown. 'Entending from the stool; t at a relatively short distance from the head is an arm 5 preferably curved as shown and terminating in a how 6 the. hook being disposed at right ring; .5 ti. in: head 5 and in alinement with the longitudinal planeot the stock. The implement thus described. is formed in one single piece of metal, preferably of steel. 'With an implement thus constructed it is Too a comparatively easy matter to remove a tire from its rim or to replace it thereon, and to place a tire in position upon the rim it is only necessary to place the tire around the rim with one of its edge ribs beneath one of the int'urned curved edges oithc rim and dispose the implement with one of tho projections of its head 5 in engagement with one of the spokes 2 of the Wheel and with the hooked end 6, of the arm 5 engaging the other edge rib of the tire. Thus by operating the other end of the stock 2 the tire will be forced into position to enable the portion of the said other edge rib adjacent to the arm 5 to he engaged with the other lip of the rim 1. The "implement is then moved along to engage with the next spoke and'the operation repeated and so on around the Wheel until the whole tire is inserted into its rim. When a tire is to he rdmoved the lateral head 5 is disposedagainst the body of the tire and the hooked terminal 6 of the arm 5 forced inwardly botween the corresponding edge rib and the tire. and then by an upward pull upon the stock the portion of the tire adjacent to the implement will be drawn free from the rim. The hook 6 of the arm 5 is then moved along and the tire engaged at another point. and engaged in the same manner, and so on until the tire is removed from its rim.

Tho implement is very simple in structure and can be inexpensively manufactured and operates effectually for the purposes required, and without injury to the. rim or. to the tire.

It will thus be seen that when removing the tire the hill of the hook 6 engages the m meme edge of the tire eniiwhen applying the tire, rectly opp sing each other ma a curveii as shown iii-Fig. 1. she-back offside hook'enarm integral with and depending from the i5 gages the side of the tire for forcing the latshank portien intermediate the ends of the tel upen the rim. latter, the cutved am being provicied at its The impiement may be manufactured in free end witha hook. various sizes to suit tires of various &im.en- In testimony whereof I have signal my sinus. name to this specificationiin the presence of 26 2. 1121: is cleiinfied isg-f I 1 f two subscribing witnesses.

metal stock comprising e she nk portion GHARLES curved slightly intermediate its ends, one Witnesses:

emi formed. with laterally extending prq; GEORGE Omsnn,

jecnions circular in cross section, and d1- DAWN ERNSP'ERGEB. 

